2006-06-22

Thoughts and Shots from Tanglewood: Summer 2006

ENTER THE SACRED...

...was the theme of our week of camp this year. The idea was that through Spiritual Disciplines (i.e. meditating, fasting, Bible reading, Bible studying, prayer, journaling, solitude, etc.) we move from casual relationship with God, into a passionate relationship with our Creator. Here's Jessi being launched from the BlobMatthew in mid flip!

"Superficiality is the curse of our age…. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people."

-Richard Foster, "Celebration of Discipline"

"Silence is frightening because it strips us as nothing else does, throwing us upon the stark realities of our life."

-Dallas Willard, "The Spirit of the Disciplines"

"Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life."

-Richard Foster, "Freedom of Simplicity"

Abbot Agatho frequently admonished his disciple, saying: Never acquire for yourself anything that you might hesitate to give to your brother if he asked you for it, for thus you would be found a transgressor of God's command. If anyone asks, give it to him, and if anyone wants to borrow form you, do not turn away from him.

-from"Wisdom of the Desert: Translations from the 'Verba Seniorum,'" by Thomas Merton

"One of the monks, called Serapion, sold his book of the Gospels and gave the money to those who were hungry, saying: I have sold the book which told me to sell all that I had and give to the poor."

-from"Wisdom of the Desert: Translations from the 'Verba Seniorum,'" by Thomas Merton.

"Those who live prayerfully are constantly ready to receive the breath of God, and to let their lives be renewed and expanded."